tall ships

plural of tall ship

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tall ships
Noun
  • There are around $4 billion’s worth of yachts anchored in Port Hercule over the Grand Prix weekend, including Faith, owned by Aston Martin’s billionaire Canadian chairman Lawrence Stroll.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • But nestled by the Mediterranean, surrounded by super yachts, F1’s least-good race is also its most famous and glamorous.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The event will feature some 40 wooden-hull vessels ranging from powerboats to sailboats and custom wooden craft.
    Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • The snowy season also allows for Nordic skiing, downhill skiing, ice fishing, and ice boating, when sailboats on metal runners glide on the frozen lake.
    Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Caspar David Friedrich has sketchbooks of particular branches, twigs, barks of different trees.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Doremus Avenue and the warehouses and tank farms and truck lots and junk yards along it are not far from the Passaic River.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The bad news is that the Zhuque-2E’s breakup is the latest chapter in China’s growing contribution to the space junk problem.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
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“Tall ships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall%20ships. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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